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San  Francisco,  Cal.,    May  31st,  1899. 
Gentlemen  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Leland 
Stanford^  fiinior  University: — 

I  invited  you  here  to-day  for  the  purpose  of 
expressing  to  you  my  directions  in  regard  to  the 
future  management  and  interest  generally  per- 
taining to  the  University. 

I  am  preparing  to  leave  home  for  an  absence 
of  about  four  months,  realizing  fully  that  a  much- 
needed  rest  and  diversion  of  mind  are  necessary 
to  enable  me  to  continue  my  work  in  the  future. 
Being  of  sound  and  disposing  mind  and  memory, 
and  mindful  of  the  uncertainty  of  life,  I  deem  it 
to  be  my  sacred  duty  to  so  put  my  house  in  order 
that  when  I  am  called  hence  from  mortal  life,  I 
can  feel  that  I  have  done  all  that  I  could  to 
further  advance  and  insure  the  future  of  the  great 
work  which  was  so  sacredly  left  to  my  care. 

Under  and  by  virtue  of  the  power  and  author- 
ity reserved  to  me  by  the  Act  of  the  Legislature 
approved  March  9th,  1885,  and  by  the  grant 
executed  by  my  husband  and  myself  bearing 
date  the  11th  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1885, 
I  hereby  make.,  declare  and  designate  the 
following  rules  and  regulations  for  the  manage- 
ment of  said  property,  and  respecting  the 
government  and  management  of  said  University. 

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?'',;  J' provide- f.hat;  tfc^e  president  and  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  chosen 
annually  by  a  majority  vote  of  said  Board,  their 
terms  of  office  to  begin  with  the  first  day  of 
August  in  each  school  year.  This  is  the  rule  in 
almost  all  similar  bodies,  where  there  is  no  ex- 
officio  president;  and  I  now  name  Mr.  S.  F.  Leib 
as  President,  and  Mr.  Russell  J.  Wilson,  as  Vice- 
President  for  the  coming  year,  commencing  from 
this  date. 

I  also  desire  to  provide  that  after  my  death  the 
President  and  Vice-President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  shall  exercise  the  usual  functions  of 
such  officers,  together  with  such  duties  as  such, 
as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may,  from  time  to  time, 
assign  to  them. 

I  desire  that  after  my  death,  my  brother, 
Charles  G.  Lathrop,  shall  become  and  remain 
Treasurer  and  Business  Manager  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  with  a  salary  of  ten  thousand  dollars  a 
year;  and  I  wish  him  to  have  the  same  powers 
and  duties  that  he  now  has,  accounting  for  all 
his  actions  in  connection  therewith  to  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  and  I  wish  the  book-keepers,  clerks 
and  other  employees  of  his  office  to  be  under  his 
control.  And  I  desire  that  my  said  brother, 
Charles  G.  Lathrop,  and  my  friend,  Russell  J. 
Wilson,  shall  be  directors  in  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company,  and  my  brother,  Charles  G.  I^athrop, 
in    the    Pacific  Improvement   Company,  as    long 


as  I  have  any  interest  in  these  two  companies, 
my  interest  being  at  this  date  in  each  about  one- 
quarter  ;  and  I  also  direct  that  they  be  my  legal 
representatives  in  all  other  corporations  in  which 
I  am  entitled  to  representation  in  Boards  of 
Directors.  I  reserve  to  myself  the  right  to 
change  this  representation  in  said  Boards,  if 
deemed  necessary  by  me  in  the  future. 

No  vacancy  occurring  from  any  cause  in  the 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  filled  until  the  number 
of  Trustees  shall  be  reduced  to  fifteen.  Any 
vacancy  occurring  in  the  Board  after  the  number 
of  Trustees  shall  be  reduced  to  fifteen  shall  be 
filled  after  my  death,  but  not  before,  by  the 
Trustees  ;  and  all  vacancies  that  may  occur  there- 
after shall  be  filled  by  the  remaining  Trustees  by 
ballot,  either  at  the  annual  meeting,  or  at  a 
special  meeting,  of  which  due  notice  shall 
be  given,  stating  the  vacancy  to  be  filled  ;  and 
from  and  after  the  time  when  the  number  of 
Trustees  shall  be  reduced  to  fifteen,  that  number 
of  Trustees  shall  constitute  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  said  University. 

The  term  of  office  of  each  Trustee  hereafter 
appointed  or  elected  shall  be  ten  years. 

Nine  Trustees  shall  constitue  a  quorum  of  the 
Board.  The  votes  of  eight  Trustees  shall  be 
required  for  the  election  of  a  Trustee. 

There  shall  be  elected  at  the  annual  meetings 
a  President,    Vice-President,    and  an  Executive 


and  Finance  Committee,  composed  of  five 
Trustees.  Their  respective  terms  of  office  shall 
be  one  year,  commencing  upon  the  first  day  of 
August  after  their  election  or  appointment,  and 
then  continue  until  their  respective  successors 
shall  be  elected. 

The  following  named  Trustees  shall,  after  my 
death,  constitute  the  Executive  and  Finance 
Committee,  Charles  G-  Lathrop,  Chairman, 
Russell  J.  Wilson,  Timothy  Hopkins,  Joseph  D. 
Grant,  and  Leon  Sloss;  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustess  to  be  ex-officio  a  member  of 
said  Committee. 

The  Executive  and  Finance  Committee  shall 
have  the  management  and  control,  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  Board,  of  the  property,  the 
finances,  and  the  general  business  of  the  Uni- 
versity. They  shall  keep  a  record  of  their 
proceedings,  and  the  same  vShall  always  be  open 
to  the  inspection  of  the  Board  and  its  members. 

The  President,  Vice-President,  the  Executive 
and  Finance  Committee,  the  Treasurer  and 
Business  Manager,  and  the  votes  of  eight  Trustees, 
shall  be  necessary  for  affirmative  action  in  the 
execution  of  the  trusts  herein  mentioned,  but  for 
the  purposes  of  investing  and  re-investing  the 
proceeds  of  the  trust  property  in  the  bonds  of  the 
United  States,  or  of  this  State,  or  in  other  bonded 
securities,  it  shall  take  the  affirmative  votes  of 
nine  Trustees. 


After  my  death,  tiie  Board  may,  from  time  to 
time,  at  its  pleasure,  adopt  by-laws  not  incon- 
sistent with  law,  or  the  rules,  regulations  or 
orders  made  by  the  founders  of  the  University, 
or  either  of  them. 

No  private  or  public  house  shall  be  erected 
upon  the  grounds  of  the  University  as  a  boarding 
or  lodging-house  for  students  of  the  University, 
or  others,  except  by  the  Trustees,  and  under  their 
entire  control.  No  house  for  private  use  shall 
be  erected  upon  the  grounds  of  the  University 
which  is  of  a  value  less  than  four  thousand 
dollars. 

No  kindergarten  or  elementary  school  shall  be 
established  or  maintained  on  the  grounds,  or  in 
any  of  the  buildings  or  rooms  of  the  University 
which  shall  be  supported  in  whole  or  in  part  out 
of  the  funds  of  the  University. 

No  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  University, 
or  other  person  connected  with  the  University, 
shall  aid  or  assist  in  the  establishment  of  a 
common  school  in  the  town  of  Palo  Alto,  or  in 
its  vicinity,  which  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the 
property  or  the  funds  of  the  University. 

No  summer  school  shall  be  established  or 
maintained  at  the  University,  or  have  the  use  of 
the  University  name,  nor  shall  any  member  of 
the  Faculty  engage,  or  be  employed  as  a  teacher 
in  said  school,  upon  the  grounds  of  the  Uni- 
versity. 


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The  Board  shall  designate  one  day  in  each 
week  when  the  students  at  the  University  may 
visit  the  Museum  free  of  charge.  All  other 
persons  must  pay  an  admission  fee  of  a  quarter 
of  a  dollar  for  each  admission,  except  the  Presi- 
dent, Vice-President  and  members  of  the  faculty 
and  their  families,  and  the  Trustees  and  their 
families. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  may,  in  its  discretion, 
receive  and  accept  all  such  property  as  any 
person  may  desire  to  give  to  said  Board  or  said 
University,  for  the  benefit  and  use  of  the  Uni- 
versity, by  grant,  devise,  or  any  other  mode  or 
means  by  which  the  title  of  property  is  trans- 
ferred by  or  between  private  persons  ;  and  if 
such  property  be  offered  to  be  given,  in  the 
mode  or  manner  aforesaid,  to  said  Board  in  trust 
for  the  benefit  of  said  University,  said  Board 
may  accept  and  receive  the  same,  if  in  the  opinion 
of  the  Board  the  particular  purpose  for  which 
it  is  offered  to  be  given  be  not  inconsistent  with 
the  purposes  for  which  said  University  was 
founded,  and  if,  also,  the  trusts 'declared  by  said 
donor  may  be  executed  by  said  Board  in  the 
same  manner  that  the  trusts  declared  in  the  grant 
by  which  said  University  was  founded  may  be 
executed. 

It  is  desirable  that  the  members  of  the  Faculty 
and  the  students  should  generally  reside  upon 
the  grounds  of  the  University  ;  the  Trustees  are , 


therefore,  empowered  to  lease  to  tlie  members 
and  officers  of  the  Faculty  and  associations  of 
students,  parcels  of  said  ground  suitable  for  the 
erection  of  dwelling  houses,  upon  such  terms, 
and  for  such  rent  as  the  Trustees  may  deem  for 
the  best  interests  of  the  University  ;  but  each  of 
the  leases  shall  contain  conditions  to  the  effect 
that  a  dwelling  house  shall  be  erected  upon  the 
leased  premises,  that  its  exterior  shall  be  attrac- 
tive in  appearance,  and  cost  not  less  than  four 
thousand  dollars. 

None  of  the  residences  shall  be  permitted  to 
encroach  on  the  grounds  needed  for  the  purposes 
or  uses  of  the  University,  or  be  built  on  the 
north  of  Alvarado  Row,  or  between  that  Row  and 
the  Quadrangle,  or  between  Roble  Hall,  Dr. 
Jordan's  residence,  or  the  Museum. 

Societies  or  associations  of  students  shall  be 
permitted  to  build  houses  for  the  use  of  the 
members  of  the  societies  or  associations  respec- 
tively, but  the  respective  houses  must  be  of  an 
attractive  exterior,  and  the  minimum  cost  to  be 
fixed  at  six  thousand  dollars,  and  must  not  be 
re -leased  to  any  one  for  boarding-houses. 

The  selection,  appointment  and  removal  of 
professors  and  teachers,  and  all  questions  relating 
thereto,  shall  be  made  and  determined  by  the 
President  of  the  University. 

At  or  about  the  beginning  of  each  Uni- 
versity year,  a  definite  sum  shall  be   designated 


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-as  a  fund  for  the  payment  of  salaries;  and  another 
definite  sum  shall  be  designated  for  the  purchase 
of  books  and  supplies  for  the  University.  The 
President  shall  determine,  in  his  sole  discretion, 
the  distribution  of  the  moneys  in  each  of  those 
funds,  except  as  to  his  own  salary,  which  shall 
never  be  less  than  that  fixed  by  my  husband. 
All  payments  therefrom  are  to  be  made  by  the 
Business  Manager  of  the  University,  Charles  G. 
lyathrop,  being  now  such  Business  Manager. 

The  charge  of  registration  fees  for  students  and 
post- graduating  students  has  proven  by  exper- 
ience to  be  advantageous,  and  I  direct  that  this 
shall  ever  be  continued  in  the  future. 

There  is  another  subject  upon  which  I  feel 
deeply,  and  I  speak  of  it  at  present,  because  this 
may  be  my  last  opportunity  of  meeting  you  face 
to  face :  whereas  the  University  was  founded  in 
memory  of  our  dear  son  Iceland,  and  bears  his 
name,  I  direct,  under  the  power  given  me  in  the 
original  grant,  that  the  number  of  women  attend- 
ing the  University  as  students  shall  at  no  time 
ever  exceed  five  hundred. 

I  have  watched  with  interest  the  large  growth 
in  the  attendance  of  female  students,  and  if  this 
growth  continues  in  the  future  at  the  same  rate, 
the  number  of  women  students  will,  before  very 
long,  greatly  exceed  the  number  of  men,  and 
thereby  have  it  regarded  by  the  public  as  a  Uni- 
versity for  females  instead  of  males.     This  was  not 


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my  husband's  wish,  nor  is  it  mine,  nor  would  it 
have  been  my  son's. 

There  is  a  matter  on  which  I  feel  so  deeply 
that  at  the  risk  of  repeating  myself  I  allude  to  it 
once  more  and  that  is  the  maintenance  at  the 
University  of  mechanical  schools  and  work-shops, 
where  students  will  be  taught  to  use  their  hands 
in  conj  unction  with  their  brains,  and  where,  if 
they  wish  it,  they  may  become  skilled  mechanics. 

In  the  first  clause  of  the  original  Endowment 
Act,  this  is  alluded  to,  when  describing  the  pur- 
poses of  the  University,  my  husband  said:  ''its 
nature  to  be  that  of  a  University,  with  such  sem- 
inaries of  learning  as  shall  make  it  of  the  highest 
grade,  including  mechanical  institutes".  .  .  And 
another  part,  in  the  same  Endowment  Act,  he 
said  that  the  University  should  be  equipped  with 
''all  things  necessary  for  mechanical  training." 

I  hold  my  dear  husband's  wishes  in  regard  to 
these  matters  as  sacred  as  I  hope  and  desire  that 
you  will  hold  them,  and  my  wishes,  after  I  am 
gone,  and  therefore  I  emphasize  a  direction 
(which  perhaps  may  be  a  final  one)  that  in  con- 
nection with  the  Scientific  and  literary  and  other 
courses,  and  on  a  par  with  them,  there  shall  always 
be  maintained  at  the  University  such  technical 
industrial  workshops  as  shall  enable  a  student  to 
earn  his  own  living  by  the  work  of  his  hands,  with 
the  aid  of  his  mind,  and  to  that  end  I  desire  that 
liberal  appropriations  be  made  for  carrying   on 


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this  department  of  the  institution,  and  that 
practical,  rather  than  theoretical  mechanics  be 
employed  there  as  instructors — men  who  will  do 
their  work  in  the  shops  with  the  students,  and 
not  in  the  lecture-room  alone. 

Another  subj  ect  I  feel  it  my  duty  to  mention  is 
in  reference  to  the  raising  of  horses  on  the  Stock 
Farms  in  the  future.  I  have  given  it  close  atten- 
tion ,  and  much  thought.  The  first  few  years  after 
this  Department  came  under  my  management,  I 
found  that  the  expenses  exceeded  the  revenue,  but 
by  inculcating  into  the  different  heads  of  depart- 
ments the  necessity  of  retrenchment,  by  employing 
fewer  men  and  making  other  changes,  I  succeeded 
in  making  it  a  paying  institution,  bringing  in  a 
revenue  for  the  University.  There  exists  a  gen- 
eral feeling  of  pride  among  all  the  men  of  this 
Department  that  they,  in  their  efforts,  have  helped 
me  to  this  extent,  and  are  in  a  sense  contributors 
themselves  to  the  support  of  the  University. 
I  am  much  gratified  at  this,  and  as  the  horses 
are  still  among  the  best  in  the  land  (for  we 
raise  as  good  stock  to-day  as  ever  in  the  past,)  I 
think  it  would  be  unwise  to  abandon  the  Horse 
Department.  Much  capital  has  been  expended 
on  the  stables.  There  are  none  more  commodious 
in  this  or  any  other  country.  In  addition  are 
plenty  of  fine  paddocks,  and  acres  of  grain  fields 
that,  as  a  rule,  raise  sufficient  to  feed  hundreds 
of  horses,  and  a  good  body  of  old,  well-trained 


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men,  specially  fitted  to  carry  out  my  htivSband's 
theory  of  breeding. 

The  Superintendent,  Mr.  Covey,  who  is  at  the 
head  of  the  Stock  Farm,  is  thoroughly  conversant 
now  with  our  present  economical  method  of 
management. 

Under  these  circumstances,!  cannot  but  feel  that 
it  would  be  a  mistaken  policy  to  discontinue  this 
Department  until  you  have  given  it  a  fair  and 
impartial  test  for  a  few  years.  At  first,  sentiment 
prevented  me  from  disbanding  this  department, 
but  by  this  time  I  have  learned  its  value.  It 
could  be  continued  in  its  present  condition,  and  be 
managed  by  my  brother,  and  from  his  office.  He 
and  I  have  had  our  years  of  strict  discipline,  and 
I  cannot  but  feel  that  we  are  wiser  than  we  were — 
and  his  wisdom  might  be  of  great  value  to  you. 
I  know  it  will,  or  I  would  not  have  made  the 
proposition  which  I  make  to  you  to  let  things  go 
on  after  my  departure  from  this  life  as  they  now 
exist.  You  wall,  I  am  sure,  profit  and  not  lose 
by  so  doing. 

During  the  past  two  years  it  has  been  my  duty, 
which  was  extremely  painful  to  me,  to  ask  for 
the  I'esignation  of  three  members  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees.  It  is  needless  for  me  to  go  into 
details  as  to  my  reasons  for  taking  these  heroic 
measures,  but  I  wish  to  assure  you  that  I  did  it 
to  retain  my  own  self  respect.  My  conscience 
fully  justifies  me  in  the  course  I  pursued,  and  I 


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sincerely  and  religiously  believe  that  the  one 
great  Supreme  Power  that  governs  us  all  has 
approved  of  my  action  ;  and  I  have  declared  to 
you  this  action  on  my  part  for  the  purpose  of 
saying  that  not  one  of  the  above  Trustees  alluded 
to,  whose  resignations  were  asked  for  and 
accepted,  can  ever  in  the  future  be  re-instated  as 
a  Trustee  of  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior  Uni- 
versity. 

This  unexpected  and  distressing  experience  of 
mine  has  led  me  to  believe  that  it  may  be  expe- 
dient in  the  future  for  you  as  a  Board  to  have 
the  same  power  that  I  have  exercised,  to  ask  for 
the  resignation  of  a  member  who,  in  the  best 
judgment  of  ten  (10)  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
may  be  objectionable  or  detrimental  to  the 
interests  which  he  has  been  called  upon  to  serve. 
I  will  take  this  under  consideration  and  decide 
it  finally  in  the  future. 

I  now  come  to  the  gifts  which  I  am  about  to 
make  to  you  as  Trustees  of  the  Leland  Stanford 
Junior  University,  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Act  of  Endowment  under  which  the  University 
was  founded  in  the  year  1885,  and  under  the 
conditions  of  the  grant  by  which  the  University 
was  founded. 

I  have,  after  mature  and  pra3^erful  deliberation 
upon  the  subject,  decided  to  add  to,  increase 
and  enlarge  the  endowment  of  the  Leland 
Stanford   Junior  University,  and   to  furnish  and 


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provide  further  and  additional  funds  and  means 
for  the  maintenance  of  said  University  forever 
in  the  future,  and  for  these  purposes  named,  I 
now  deliver  to  you  a  Deed,  by  which  I  grant  to  the 
Trustees  of  the  University  the  property  which  is 
described  in  the  Deed  of  Grant,  subject  to  the 
covenants,  conditions  and  reservations  as  will  be 
hereafter  mentioned  in  the  Deed  itself. 

Jane  ly.  Stanford. 

San  Francisco,  California,  May  31st,  1899. 


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